Forgiven boy, 14, spared sentence for knife attack in school

A then 13-year-old boy, who held a knife to another pupil during an attempted stabbing in a Dublin school, has been spared a criminal conviction and a sentence after he was forgiven by his victim.

The accused, now aged 14, had pleaded guilty earlier to production of a knife during an assault, in a manner likely to injure or cause serious harm, and another charge for assaulting the boy with intent to cause bodily harm.